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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Wayne Martin.

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DAVID WAYNE MARTIN

Private · U.S. Army

October 15, 1948 – March 13, 1970

Service record

David Wayne Martin, of Wiggins, Mississippi, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13W · Line 123

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private (PVT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Supplyman (76A)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 93 ENG BN ENG CMD
Born
October 15, 1948
Home of record
Wiggins, Mississippi (Stone County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 13, 1970
Age
21
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

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19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 13W, Line 123

From Wiggins

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.